Moccasin Bend Brewing Company

Moccasin Bend Brewing Company

Contract brewer.

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 10/07/2024

Unbalanced IPA is clearly bitter unlike the haze craze IPA’s- and we’re still brewing super small batches-so let us know if you’re interested in a taste and I’ll see what we can do…..

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 15/06/2024

Got a hot garage? Here’s an idea brought to you by Lkt. Mt. Lager…..

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 25/05/2024

Lkt. Mt. Lager was a little too young for the festival circuit-or maybe too boring- but what the hell I got together with OG partners and we actually still love each other!!!!! Thanks Duncan Guy !!! And Courtney Tyvand!!!

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 24/05/2024

Lookout Mountain Lager tomorrow at the Barley Mob tent, I’d love to see some of the old faces so stop by if you have the time! -Chris
Below is the story of how I came up with our “Pablum” beer.

Chattanooga Beer Fest 18/05/2024

Lkt. Mt. Lager at the barley mob tent. Stop by and check it out!

Chattanooga Beer Fest The 4th Annual Chattanooga Beer Fest is a ticketed craft beer festival, providing you with tastings from every participating partner.

12/05/2024

I’ll be sneaking Lookout Mountain Lager into the Chattanooga Brewfest. If you liked our Flagship Lager, You can experience it again at the Barley Mob tent, May 25th.!!! Next up is more Unbalanced IPA!

07/05/2024

We did.

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 07/05/2024

The night we were raided and shut down.Riggoletto and Behold the Brave were on the bill. Exciting times!

01/05/2024

Aww yeah!

Exciting News! Walden's Ridge Park trails have reopened for use! (05/01/24)

SORBA Chattanooga

24/03/2024

Do you guys remember unbalanced IPA? It’s back! Not much milk shakey or super fruity about this one. This is a old school IPA with a little fruit and a lot of Summit hop punch!We’re looking at a reunion tour for about 5 of the MBBC standards and those that remember! More info to come!

Cherry Street Brewing Staff Displacement, organized by Steve Patafio 16/01/2024

And so it goes, We were there once, if you can-help.

Cherry Street Brewing Staff Displacement, organized by Steve Patafio Hi, my name is Ashley, and I was the GM of Cherry Street Brewing Northshore. S… Steve Patafio needs your support for Cherry Street Brewing Staff Displacement

18/12/2023

Kegging “Blonded by the Light” at Bankwalker Brewing Co this morning. Fresh beer!

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 09/12/2023

The only thing more fun than building a brewery is re-building a brewery. At the end of the day, though, fermentation is still my favorite sound!

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 03/12/2023

We had a blast tasting samples with theBarley Mob Brewers of Chattanooga at Five Wits Brewing ‘s mini beer festival. We met lot’s of old friends and got to share New South Chocolate Stout once again!. Thanks guys and see you next year!

02/12/2023

I’ll have New South Chocolate Stout at the Barley Mob Brewers of Chattanooga table at the MAINX24 brewer’s festival at@5 wits brewing! Stop by and taste some MBBC legacy brew!

01/12/2023

The sell sheet is old, but the beer is fresh!

24/11/2023

“Who knows what darkness lurks in the heart of men? (And women)
We do.

23/11/2023

Old habits die hard- look for New South Chocolate Stout at the MAINX24 brewfest at Five Wits Brewing !

16/11/2023

Wow. It’s been a while, guys and craft beer is on the slide downward….. but seltzer is happening and distillation is hot so maybe we will do that- but we sure do miss you guys so we’re doing some small batch contract brewing ——-we just brewed New South Chocolate Stout…. with more legacy brews to come!

25/08/2023

Sour blackberry lager. My experiments continue.. Wish you were here!!

Jack Daniel's barrel houses are causing an out-of-control black 'whiskey fungus' in a Tennessee community, enraged residents say 02/03/2023

Interesting, Loefler makes a foam fungecide spray that we used when we were a basement brewery.

Jack Daniel's barrel houses are causing an out-of-control black 'whiskey fungus' in a Tennessee community, enraged residents say Tennessee residents say the black fungus fueled by the Jack Daniel's facilities coats their homes, cars, and trees and is nearly impossible to remove.

Photos from Moccasin Bend Brewing Company's post 11/02/2023

We are super lucky to have a distillery in town as creative as Chattanooga Whiskey, I just scored a bottle of the Cabernet Cask, which reminded me of the Golden Rod Beer Barrel aged Chatt whiskey of years ago. Like I said-Lucky.

08/02/2023

Love these guys!

09/10/2022

A very small batch of Golden Rod will soon be ready after I get this bad boy fined and carbonated!

30/06/2022

And they’ll be tapping St. Elmo Smart Ass. Stop by and say hi and I’ll get you some MBBC swag!

Wonder what's happening in beautiful downtown Pikeville this weekend July 2, 2022... Star Spangled Celebration!!!!

The Venue and Bankwalker Brewing will be hosting a Co****le tournament starting at 5. This year we're shaking it up a bit and doing only a blind draw. It's double elimination and $5 entry fee per person. We have new American Co****le League comp series boards and you can bring your own bags or use our house bags! This is an outdoor event but if the weather is a challenge (too hot or wet) we can move this inside!

26/06/2022

The Smart Ass is back! In Pikeville, that is….. Road trip anybody!!??

While you are out and about at the Star Spangled Celebration next weekend come try our new red,white,and blue beers 🎇🎆🇺🇸

•Introducing two new sours
Raspberry hop tart and
Blueberry pucker

And returning from Chris Hunt
St Elmo Smartass witbier

04/06/2022

Everyone loves a Smart Ass! coming to Bankwalker Brewing Co! - (St. Elmo Smart Ass, that is)

13/05/2022

God willing we’ll see these again-In the meantime Dunlap/ St. Elmo Smart Ass is coming back thanks to Bankwalker Brewing Co!

02/05/2022

Really grateful to Bankwalker Brewing Co for their willingness to collaborate on some MBBC brews! So far I’ve heard lot’s of love for St. Elmo Smart Ass, Golden Rod, New South Chocolate Stout, and especially (suprisingly?) Rockin’ Chakra! I’m a little curious not to hear much about unbalanced I.P.A., Dead Ned, Sour Ned, or Sweet Potato Pale….… Keep the suggestions coming because I feel a tapping party coming on!!!!!!

23/12/2020

I’m very slowly working on a book of MBBC brewing tips, anecdotes, and recipes. It’s seems a shame to waste 13 years of knowledge and good times!😀 If you would like to share some experiences please feel free! For those of you who weren’t there, our funky little brewery was unique for a few reasons.
1) We refused to dumb down or categorize our customers. This is the antithesis of good marketing. Each customer was treated as a sharing friend. I and my crew came to work everyday excited about our creations. We wanted to communicate that feeling of excitement and discovery to our customer friends. We actively worked to encourage customers to forget any preconceptions and discover something new they liked. We annoyed a very few, but pleasantly surprised a lot.

2) We refused to dumb down and categorize our beers other than the general style classifications. If you pressed us, we would drill down into sub-classifications-but we weren’t to happy about it. (BJCP Beer Geeks).

3) This process of discovery and creativity infused (infected?) our entire business and was present in production, ingredient choice, advertising, personnel, and presentation of product, location, and decor.

4) Brewery tours were sold as discounted “experiences “ on Groupon. This was not antithical to marketing and actually allowed us to survive much longer than anticipated. “Discounted” brewery tours produced some return customers but also provided a steady stream of revenue and customers during slow times. Also during busy times😳 Take note Nano breweries and distilleries-The value of an experience is arbitrary and open to much more interpretation than, say, a gallon of milk or a can of Bud light. Our light bulb was the term “V.I.P.,- V.I.P., anything always costs more. What if we cut the cost in half? -boom.
Lot’s of personal labor in this one. Time spent talking and walking. Time that could been spent with family. But good marketing.
And now the truth— those tours were another attempt at communicating passion, making new friends, and taking them on a creative adventure. And, if truth be known, an obvious bid for brewery and self affirmation.
When we said “Weird is good,”we really meant it. Weird is the unexpected that you later fall in love with-that was our hope. Or weird is what you would have rather avoided. Either way, you grew and learned, all because of “weird”. We thought that was important.

Process.
Next I’ll discuss how our philosophy translated into ingredients and process.

Weird is good

Weird little brewery, Mostly Friendly dogs.Fun games.

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